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MACHINE FOR PRODUCING- TBXTILE FABRIGS PROM HORSE HAIR. No. 371,610. Patented Oct. 18,1887.

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"lrRIEDRIcH MAUSSNER, or NUREMBERG, BAVAR lA, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR enonucl'ne'rex'rlu'z FABRICS FRAIOM HORSE-HAIR.

BPJBCIBICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,610, dated October 18,1887.

Application filed October 30,1886.

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH MAUSSNER,

"a subject of the King of Bavaria, in'the German Empire, and a resident of the city of N uremberg, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Machines for Producing from Horse-Hair, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to machines'for'interweaving horsehair-and other similar material by the processhereinaftei described, and my object is toproduce such mechanism as shall make the process practical and useful. For this purpose I make use of the machine illustrated in'the accompanying drawings, of

which- Figure 1 is an end elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. is a plan view. of a detail...

The same letters refer to the same parts throughout. The different parts of my machine are mounted upon a frame, A, to which are secured guides g, --in which are free to rise and fall the guide-rods of. To theguide-rods c are secured rails c, which are raised and lowered at will and simultaneously by means of the levers d and e and their connections Upon the rails c is mounted the box or car a .which is provided with wheels to facilitateits motion on the rails, and also with a,rack, b, by means of which it is driven when the machine is in operation. The box a is also provided with a grating or open cover, 0', which is placed upon the material to be operated upon, retaining it in position.

The frame A is provided with a sliding frame, which is actuated by means of the eccentrics' l, shaft 1', pulleys h, and belt h, and their connections, as shown. The frame g' is provided with needles or hooks 9, so arranged that during the operation of the machine they will pass through ;the grate r and material in the box a, and return, drawing the lowestportion of the material up through the mass.

A pinion, n, is provided upon a shaft attached to the frame A, which, being driven by means of the ratchet m, actuated by the pawl o and its connections from-the eccentric or cam on the shaft 5, will, when the rails c are lifted so that the rack b engages with the pinion move the box a forward one tooth for every stroke of the needles 9, this movement Fig. 3

Serlal No.21l,54 7. '(No model.) Patented in Germany September 8, 1883, No. 26,457,51111 in England August 5, 1886, No. 10,0l8.

Y being so timed in relation to that of the neetiles that the pawl o is on the return and the box a motionless while the needles g are in the fabric; but while. the needles are at the upper I part of their-movement the box a moves to its next position. A stop, f, is provided upon the rails c, to prevent the box a from being shoved too far-in that direction, and a roll, 1), is secured to the frame, A as a gage to regulate the elevation to which' the box-a may be lifted. r

3 The manner of operating this machine is as follows: A quantity of horse-hair or otherv suitable material is spread evenly in the box a and the grate r placed thereon. The box is then pushed back against the stop f and the rails and box lifted until the roll 12 presses the grate, when the rack b will engage the pinion n. The belt h is now started. The machine now, forces the box forward, plunging the hooks gthrough thematerial and back as it goes, causing a uniform interlacing of the individual hairs from the bottom of the mass up into the body thereof. When the whole mass has been operated upon, it may be turned over in the box a and the operation repeated, making both sides of the product equally interlaced and matted, the whole being, without resort to spinning or weaving, astrongerand more durable fabric than can be obtained by the ordinary felting process with the same material.

1. Ina machine for interlacing horse-hair,

substantially as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

3. In a machine for interlacing horse-hair, the ratchet m and pinion n, in combination with the rack b, pawl a, and 'shaft.i,when constructed and operated substantially as and for the purposes herein shown and set forth.

Signed at Nuremberg, in the Kingdom of Bavaria. FRIEDRICH MAUSSNER.

Witnesses:

J usrns VORHAUS, FRED. OcHs. 

